Paper clip for hats.



No. 818,380. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

.W. H. HOLSTON.

PAPER CLIP FOR HATS,

APPLIQATION TILED 0CT.23, 1905.

WILLIAM H. HOLSTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER CLIP FOR- HATS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed October 23, 1905. Serial No. 283,907.

To aZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I,WILLIAM H. HoLsToN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Clips for Hats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a clip adapted to be held in place within a hat for carrying cards, papers, bills, &c.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be manufactured cheaply and conveniently used.

It is adapted to be readily inserted in the hat or removed therefrom. It may be folded up in small compass for the purpose of packing, carrying, or shipping. It is adapted to hats of different styles and sizes, and with it any form of paper or similar article may be quickly secured within a hat or removed therefrom, as desired.

Figure 1 shows the inside of a hat with the device of my invention in place. Fig. 2 is a view of the device of my invention on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same with the parts folded up, but showing in dotted lines two of the arms partially unfolded.

1 and 2 indicate two arms, the ends of which are adapted to be slipped under the sweat-band of a hat. The arm 3 carries a spring-tongue 4, under which a paper or card or bunch of papers or cards may be slipped and held in place. Preferably the three arms are formed of spring sheet metal, pivoted together at 5 and curved so as to more readily adapt themselves to the shape of the inside of the hat, and thus be held securely in position.

6 indicates the hat, having a sweat-band 7, as is customary.

The device is installed by inserting the ends of the arms 1 and 2 beneath the sweatband. The curvature of the arms then conforms to the inside shape of the hat, and the parts are thus held securely in position.

The dotted lines (indicated by 8) represent a card or other similar device in position.

What I claim is 1. In a folding paper-clip for hats, a pluone of said arms having a substantially fiat end adapted to project under the band of a hat, and an independent spring-tongue carried by another arm for the purpose specified.

2. A device of the character described, comprising three curved flexible arms, two of said arms having substantially flat straight ends adapted to project under the band of a hat and a yielding spring clip or tongue carried by one of said arms.

WILLIAM H. HOLSTON.

Witnesses G. H. MITCHELL, L. VREELAND.

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